We are also looking for art submissions, which are due by February 12, 2018.

If at any time you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact the staff at the Digital Literature Review at dlr@bsu.edu.

The genre of apocalyptic literature has long been associated with times of crisis and distress. Perhaps one of the most important examples in the Western tradition, the Biblical Book of Revelation, was written as a response to the horrible persecution of early Christians in the Roman Empire. Since that time, authors and film-makers have turned to imaginations of apocalypse, the end of the world, and life after the collapse of contemporary social structures to take on a host of questions and concerns. The prevalence of post-apocalyptic literature and film in recent decades has forced literary and cultural studies scholars to examine this cultural mode in a new way.

The Digital Literature Review, an online journal of undergraduate research, seeks scholarly essays and blog posts by undergraduate students that examine literary and filmic representations of societal collapse and post-apocalyptic situations. The journal also welcomes submission of artwork related to these themes. Possible topics include:

Depictions of human society in the wake of plagues, technological breakdowns, or nuclear war.

Depictions of human life after an alien invasion, zombie apocalypse, or other imagined and monstrous threat.

Depictions of human society after a massive natural disaster or environmental collapse.

Guidelines to submit an essay to the Journal:

To be eligible to submit, you must have been an undergraduate student in 2017, even if you have now graduated.

Paper submissions should be saved as a Microsoft Word document.

Papers should be in MLA style format.

Papers should be between 2,500 and 5,000 words.

Submissions are to be well researched and must contribute to ongoing scholarly conversations.

All submissions will be blindly reviewed, so please do not put your name on your essay.

Submissions will close on January 8, 2018.

Guidelines to submit a post to the Blog:

To be eligible to submit, you must have been an undergraduate student in 2017, even if you have now graduated.

Posts should address the theme of “Imagining the Post Apocalypse.”

Blog submissions should be saved as a Microsoft Word document.

Posts should be in MLA style format.

Posts should be between 700 and 900 words.

Possible Blog submissions may include but are not limited to: reviews of movies, books or television programs, short analyses of texts or of individual episodes or portions of texts, interesting findings that emerge from a research project, etc.

Submissions will close on January 8, 2018.

Guidelines to submit Artwork:

To be eligible to submit, you must have been an undergraduate student in 2017, even if you have now graduated.

Please save your artwork as a high resolution JPEG.

Artwork should be original photography, digital or traditional prints. We will NOT accept photographs of sculptures or 3D media.

Submit up to 5 works for review at a time.

Files should be submitted via email to dlr@bsu.edu. Please include a short (3–5 sentences) biographical statement and a rationale (4–6 sentences) for your piece/pieces in the body of the email.

Submissions will close February 12, 2018.

Editorial process after you submit:

The editing team will decide whether to accept your essay or not.

If accepted, you will have a chance to revise your piece and return it to the Digital Literature Review at dlr@bsu.edu. Along with this, you will need to include an abstract and a short bio about yourself.